RatCreature's Journal

Moon Knight ending?

2022-05-04T16:20:33Z

I'm a bit confused.

( cut for spoilers )

Can somebody explain this to me?

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comedy keeps not working for me...

2022-04-13T18:08:35Z

Because of the fannish buzz I gave the first episode of Our Flag Means Death a try, but just couldn't finish it. My embarrassment squick didn't use to be on such a hair trigger. :/

Sigh.

Maybe I should try the Witcher tv series again, as I am on the lookout for something fannish.

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Moon Knight

2022-04-06T18:05:02Z

Anyone else watching this?

The first two eps were interesting enough as an origin story (I'm not familiar with the comics), at least it kept me watching (and I have a hard time with any fiction these days), though I kind of hope the confusion over the setup will get resolved properly sooner rather than later, rather than taking up all of the season. It also pushed my embarrassment squick a couple of times.

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WandaVision finale

2021-03-05T11:09:18Z

Okay, so can somebody explain that final post-credit scene to me?

( spoilers, though mostly just confusion )

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that new Pennyworth series...

2019-07-25T08:46:00Z

Has anyone watched it? Is it fun? A couple of mainstream media reviews I've seen were all positive, one I've seen on a comic book site mostly disgruntled, but I haven't come across any fandom buzz in my circles.

I haven't really followed any of the DC TV series, but this series setting seems different and like you could watch it without having seen Gotham or anything. I'm not watching much TV these days, but this looks interesting.

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is that new CW Roswell series any good?

2019-01-16T13:01:03Z

I quite liked the previous Roswell series from now twenty years ago, and I'm wondering whether I'd enjoy this one. Has anyone watched this?

(Also, yikes, how has it been twenty years?!)

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Babylon Berlin

2018-10-05T15:59:04Z

After seeing the ads hyping this everywhere, now that it's available on free tv here, I decided to give Babylon Berlin a try. I watched the first four episodes so far, and have to say that I like it less than I expected.

Historical crime fiction is a genre I normally enjoy, but I also want to like the protagonist(s), and the first episodes didn't make me connect to any of the major characters.

I'll probably finish watching to see the case resolve, though, because it is not bad, and quite pretty to watch.

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kind of obvious in retrospect

2018-06-27T08:29:33Z

But when looking for some random TV distraction that is not news, because those are so depressing and anxiety inducing, settling on a Thirty Year War documentary might not have been the best choice.

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that was disorienting

2017-02-10T18:35:34Z

I watched the Legion pilot and I'm quite confused.

It started with me trying to figure out when this was even supposed to be set. Obviously it's not supposed to be present day, but it's not the 1960s, 70s or any other consistent era either. And even more disorienting, David's childhood flashbacks didn't seem to be offset in an earlier era than the main story either.

I mean, clearly both the design, the psychedelic interludes and the disjointed story telling are all intentional, but I'm not sure that this works for me. I had a really hard time trying to decipher events and understanding what was going on in between the hallucinations, flashbacks and the body switching in the present? Or was that even body switching? I'm not clear what actually happened with that mental hospital escape.

Though I'm willing to stick with the series for a bit longer.

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Damien

2016-03-29T13:34:28Z

So, I checked out Damien, because of Bradley James and goss mentioning enjoying it, even though I'm not much into horror, especially not with religious apocalypses.

( some thoughts with spoilers for 1x01-1x04 )

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well, that was contrived

2012-10-20T17:53:11Z

The no-dialog thing in the first half of CSI:NY felt really gimmicky. It made the story more tedious, IMO, with the even longer than usual montages to emotional music, and they didn't even stick with it for a whole episode.

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brief Arrow comment

2012-10-18T21:37:29Z

( spoilers for 1x02 )

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Once Upon a Time comment

2011-11-28T15:55:32Z

( spoilers for 1x05 )

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Sanctuary

2011-10-29T15:58:57Z

( spoilers for 4x04 )

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it seems that flailing is my default expression for Suits dialog

2011-09-02T21:02:48Z

( spoiler for 1x11 )

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I'm just into the opening of this week's Suits ep...

2011-08-26T10:19:29Z

Seriously, the D/s fic practically writes itself...( spoilers for the most recent episode )

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in a way it's soothing to see people with way worse cleaning problems...

2011-05-18T01:08:13Z

I've been watching some episodes of that Hoarders reality tv show after I came across clips from it somewhere that piqued my curiosity, and I'm really baffled. Not so much by the mindsets that lead to keeping all kinds of stuff including junk, and letting your living space deteriorate, as that I don't understand how many of them could have had the money and time to acquire all these things in the first place.

Because of this I keep finding the cases with people who really just have junk (like things they collected from dumpsters or even empty boxes or plastic bottles or such) far more comprehensible than the people with piles and piles of clothes, stuffed animals, or other things they paid for. Even if you buy second hand on some flea market, with those massive volumes that has to add up significantly, doesn't it?

I'm fairly sure that the main reason my own place doesn't look worse is that I have neither money nor inclination for the process to acquire things to begin with. I like having things well enough, but shopping is awful, and comparing prices or looking for bargains or searching for things is worse. (You see, I'm not fond of flea markets or such.) I don't even like looking for comics all that much. Actually one of the reasons why I hang onto semi-broken things myself is to avoid buying new ones, and not just because of the money. Like for example I have this immersion blender, and parts of the plastic have broken off, so it is rather less usable, because the part that properly keeps the distance between the blades and the bottom is not working as intended anymore. However you can still blend things with it of you take care. I use this tool fairly often, so I'm annoyed quite a often too, and immersion blenders aren't *that* expensive, and yet. It's been broken for many months now. Or how I've been living with some bare light bulbs for over 15 years to avoid having to buy ceiling lamps or lampshades or the like, when just having the bulb is adequate for having light.

I also have some truly broken things for which I had to get replacements yet still haven't thrown away the old ones, but that is mostly old electronics, like my broken digital camera, because I am too lazy to bring them to the recycling collection place for specialized waste, but feel bad about putting them in the trash against the rules.

IMO the only shopping that is remotely tolerable is restocking things that I know where to buy at an acceptable price, so that no choices or comparisons or other tedious (or even anxiety inducing) efforts need to be made. So I'm baffled that all these people get a kick out of acquiring things, when it takes so much effort, time and financial resources, whereas I understand the inertia, vague or aborted ideas and sentimental attachments that lead to keeping stuff that is already there quite well. I suppose my own hoarding tendencies are kept in check sufficiently on the acquisition side so problems on the disposal side just can't escalate too badly.

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I watched the first Game of Thrones ep

2011-04-18T20:58:57Z

Um, I admit that in general I'm not good with fiction that has a large cast (whether written or filmed), so maybe it's my problem. But, were you supposed to follow this without knowing the books? (which I don't) I already had prepared with having that nice HBO-provided guide on hand to keep track of the names and such, but I was still rather lost.

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Criminal Minds

2011-04-03T02:28:01Z

( spoilery for 6x19 )

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maybe I should just stop watching

2011-02-17T23:25:17Z

Criminal Minds is really reaching ever new lows this season. The viewing experience begins to remind me of how I held out through the last seasons of the X-Files in sheer determination.

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Happy new year! (also a Fringe question)

2010-12-31T23:25:19Z

I've been spending the evening with a Fringe marathon, and now reached 2x11 and ( spoilers )

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Dexter reaction

2010-12-13T18:33:13Z

( spoiler for the season finale )

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Criminal Minds

2010-12-09T21:10:40Z

( spoilers for 6x10 )

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quick CSI: NY comment

2010-10-30T15:36:02Z

( spoilers )

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Merlin reaction

2010-10-18T15:21:40Z

( spoilers for 3x06 )

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